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(oo) The General Plan for the City of Santa Ana recommends that the City of Santa Ana maintain and preserve its existing stock of affordable housing of which Mobilehome Park spaces are typically an example.30 It is in the City of Santa Ana's interest to preserve Mobilehomes as affordable housing and facilitate the displacement of residents affected by Mobilehome Park conversions. To this end, protections against Mobilehome Park conversions are necessary to protect what is for many, their most prized and valued asset. To illustrate the need for protections regarding Mobilehome Park conversions, Mobilehome Owners of the City of Santa Ana cite the efforts of their neighbors at the Green Lantern Village and Mobilehome Park, who have since March 2017 been fighting to prevent their Mobilehome Park from being converted to another use. (pp) Studies undertaken in surrounding areas have shown that typical moving costs for Mobile homes from one Mobilehome Park to another (if vacant spaces could be located) can be several thousands of dollars, depending upon the age and size of the Mobilehome. In many instances, removal requires a separation of the Mobilehome unit from appurtenances, which have been made permanent, thus causing severe damage and depreciation in value to the Mobilehome. (qq) Mobile homes and manufactured housing have represented an affordable form of shelter to the residents of the City of Santa Ana with low- and modest incomes. Because senior citizens often own Mobile homes, persons on fixed incomes, and persons of low- and moderate -income, rent increases for these spaces can have significant impact on these individuals and families. (rr) It is desirable to provide Prospective Mobilehome Owners/Residents of Mobilehomes with the understanding that Landlords not require multi -year lease that would render protections under this Ordinance meaningless. (ss) The City of Santa Ana does not currently restrict rental increases or grounds for eviction. Further, many tenants do not understand what their rights are in an eviction case and how they may get help if they believe their landlord violated their rights. (tt) The Costa -Hawkins Rental Housing Act (California Civil Code Section 1954.50, et seq.), currently limits the applicability of local rent stabilization policies, including prohibiting local jurisdictions from applying rent stabilization to certain residential rental properties. This Ordinance intends to comply with the Costa -Hawkins Rental Housing Act and all other applicable state and federal laws. However, if the California Legislature repeals, amends, or if a court invalidates the Costa -Hawkins Rental Housing Act, this Ordinance will apply to residential rental properties that the Costa -Hawkins Rental Act had previously exempted from local rent stabilization. "See Santa Ana Housing Element, 2014-2021, Housing Supply and Diversity, Goal 2, H.E. 2.3 and 2.4, available at h!U2si//www.santa-ana.or2/sites/default/files/Documents/04 PolicvFramework web ndf, last visited on November 26, 2019. 14